This is my first story, so please don't be too harsh.I will continue if people want me to.Also I'm English, so I hope this makes sense, as my americanisms might be wrong lol.Anyway, enjoy!
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The gang stood in the hallway of Sharpay and Ryan's mansion.Gabriella picked up her bags, and she looked at the others.
"Well, I guess this, goodbye."She said, a lump forming in her throat.Sharpay nodded with tears running now her face.
"Yup, I guess it is."Taylor said beginning to cry.Gabriella stared at them both, dropped her bags and pulled both of the girls into a hug.
"Do you have to go?"Sharpay sobbed into Gabriella's shoulder.They all cried more.
"I'm afraid so."She whispered and pulled away from the girls she had known since elementry school.
"I'm really gonna miss you Gabriella, we all will."Taylor sniffled Gabriella nodded and looked over to the guys, she walked forward and hugged Ryan, and then Chad.Chad didn't cry because of his macho image of course, but she had to admit, he looked very sad.And Ryan's eyes were red but he didn't show any signs of tears, yet she didn't mind, to them Guys weren't supposed to cry, the thought made a smile form on her face, before tears arrived again.
"Bye Gabs"They both said.Troy was staring down to the floor trying his hardest to stop himself to exploding inside and Gabriella looked over to him.
"No hug from you?"She said smiling and tilting her head to the side, to get a better view of his face, she smiled, still with tears in her eyes.Troy took a deep breath and looked up to her with red eyes and slowly shuffled forward as he wrapped his arms around her waist and hugged her tight, he couldn't help but cry.
"Bye Troy."She whispered into his ear, causing shivers to go down his spine, they held on tighter.
"Bye, I'll miss you."He croaked back burying his head into her shoulder.The rest of the gang shared knowing looks through their sadness.After a little while they released from the embrace and Gabriella picked her bags up again.She stared at them all.
"This is harder, than I thought it would be."She cried looking at Troy in particular who couldn't bare to look at her as he rubbed his eyes hard."Promise you'll all keep in touch?"She mumbled, hoping for a yes.
"You try and stop us."Taylor half smiled wiping Gabriella's tears away.Gabriella nodded and took a deep breath, she knew this was it, time to go.
"Bye guys."She said turning and opening the heavy, oak front door, and she walked out to the warm summers day.The beautiful day definitely didn't reflect the way she was feeling, like it does in the books she likes to read.As she shuffled along the front path, her stomach was in one huge knot, she couldn't bare to turn back around to look, she knew if she saw them again she'd break down in tears, and wouldn't be able to stop, but once she got to the car she realised that if she didn't look back at them once more, she'd regret it, and with this thought she turned around for one last look at them all, her best friends.Her prediction was right as she saw them all look at her, and with that a fresh batch of tears ran down her cheeks as she let out a sob, which when heard, made the rest of the friends flinch.In a way she was flattered that they cared so much, although it shouldn't be that surprising as they had all known each other for years.She shakily climbed in the car and cried hard into her hands, as her mom drived away, on thr long journey to Detroit.The gang all waved upset, stood for a minute and then went back inside of Sharpay's home, except from Troy who stayed at the door just staring out to the car until it was too far in the distance that he couldn't see it.
"You coming in Troy?"Sharpay asked placing a comforting hand on his shoulder.Troy turned around and nodded before closing the door.He took a deep sigh as he regretted the times he had the chance to tell her how he felt but chickened out.Now she would never know.
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A year had passed and the gang had all kept in touch, but it slowly decreased the longer Gabriella had been away.Surprisingly the person who had spoken to her the least was Troy, the one she had known since the first day of kindergarten.Even when they did speak, neither of them knew what to say, it was different between them now, when she lived next door, no-one could ever stop them from talking, they could speak to each other about anything and everything, except one thing of course.The most important thing.Troy and Gabriella would both lay in bed at night letting out secret tears, as they desperately needed to see each other, speak to each other, hear each others laughs, that they would share on a daily basis before she moved.They would fall asleep thinking of each other, wanting one more chance, to tell eachother how they felt.It was too late, they both thought, they would have found someone else by now.Gabriella knew that no-one could replace Troy, she would never find anyone that she could be as comfortable around, and she was hoping Troy felt the same, but shockingly for everyone, Troy already had found someone.
It was 10pm one night the gang were at their friday sleepover at Sharpay and Ryan's It wasn't the same without Gabriella, but they made it work.Troy was there with his new girlfriend, Natasha; blonde, tall, dippy(Sharpay promised to the others that they weren't related to eachother), she could kill everyones eardrums with her screeching cackles, and her over excited, exaggerated screams, but Troy thought it was cute.Taylor and Sharpay didn't like her very much, not just because she was the most annoying creature to walk the planet, but because they thought that Troy was trying to replace Gabriella.When Sharpay confronted him about their theory he just denied it, although she did help keep his mind off her for a little while, at least.She wasn't exactly Troy's normal type, but he was finally happy.At least he thought he was.They all sat on the sofa, and watched 'The Ring', with blankets and all of the lights out, and the curtains drawn, and they were fastly approaching the scariest part of the horror movie.The wind howled outside, and the front door suddenly knocked.They all jumped and Natasha screamed loud over dramatically, making her fake blonde extentions bounce.Troy hugged her smiling, before she kissed him grinning.Sharpay rolled her eyes before she stood up terrified, and shakily, yet fiercely grabbed Taylor's hand, she dragged her to the door with her for support.Troy and Natasha pulled away as they heard the opening of the door, and a piercing scream to even startle Natasha.